Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir [1st version] BWV 130.1; BWV 130; BC A 179a

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Genre

Chorale cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 91
Epistel: Offenbarung 12, 7-12
Gospel: Matthäus 18, 1-11

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 3 Tr, Timp, Fl trav, 3 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

unbekannt
First performance on September 29, 1724; subsequent performance around 1735 (autograph supplement sheets: handwriting styles and watermark) with changes in instrumentation in movement 3 (Violin I/II and Viola instead of Trumpet I–III); possibly after the death of the town piper G. Reiche (October 6, 1734). Three movements of this version were incorporated into the Pasticcio version see BWV 130.2

Early performances

29 September 1724, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [2. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2a]

relation from other works:

is adapted in BWV 130/6 (o.I.) ChS
has arrangement in BWV 130.2

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130.1 (Netherlands Bach Society)

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Libretto

P. Eber (around 1555, after Dicimus grates tibi by P. Melanchthon, 1539), stanzas 1, 11–12 kept literally (movement 1 and 6), stanzas 2–10 (movement 2–5) reworked (author unknown). First print: Leipzig 1724 III, page [13]
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 1 und 6: Paul Eber, Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, um 1555, Strophen 1, 11–12

in: Paul Eber, Ein schœn New Geistlich Lobgesang, Nürnberg: Friedrich Gutknecht um 1555

Original lyrics

RUS-SPsc 17.141.2.111 [Textdruck]

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Original sources

D-B 55 MS 209 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 101 [Score]
B-Bapr Papiers Reine Elisabeth No. 161 [= Clarino II] [Part(s)]
D-B N.Mus.ms. 474 [= Basso continuo (transp.), Fragment c] [Part(s)]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 895 [= Tenor, Fragment] [Part(s)]
D-Cv A.V,1109,(1),3 [= Clarino III] [Part(s)]
D-Eib A. A. 4 [= Basso continuo] [Part(s)]
D-F Mus Hs 1537 [= Basso continuo (transp.), Fragment b] [Part(s)]
GB-Lbl Add. MS. 41629, Faszikel 2 [= Oboe I] [Part(s)]
GB-Lbl Zweig MS. 2 [= Viola] [Part(s)]
Unbekannter Privatbesitz, BWV 130 (1) [= Timpani] [Part(s)]
Unbekannter Privatbesitz, BWV 130 (2) [= Violine I, 1724] [Part(s)]
Unbekannter Privatbesitz (A), BWV 130 (4) [= Violine II, 1724] [Part(s)]
Privatbesitz Mme. Gouin (F-Paris), BWV 130 [= Clarino I] [Part(s)]
Privatbesitz D. Ogilvy (GB-Pencaitland), BWV 130 [= Soprano] [Part(s)]
US-CAh bMS Eng 870 (35a) [= Alto] [Part(s)]
US-PRscheide BWV 130 [= Oboe II, III] [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 130, Sammlung Pleyel [= Basso] [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 130, Originalstimme (Basso continuo (transp.), Fragment a) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 130, Originalstimmen (Dubletten) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 130, Originalstimme (Flauto traverso) [Part(s)]
[Kantate BWV 130: Originalstimme Basso continuo (transp.)] [Part(s)]
[Kantate BWV 130: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (1./2. Fassung)] Originalstimmensatz/original parts [Part(s)]
RUS-SPsc 17.141.2.111 [Textdruck] [Libretto]

Additional sources

Verschollen BWV 16 [?] oder 130, H. G. Nägeli [unknown]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 453, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XV, Faszikel 1 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5912 [Konvolut] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5912, Faszikel 2 [Score]
RUS-KAu Mus. ms. Gotthold 23040 [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 130, Partitur [Score]
CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : B 4 [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/30, S. 1 (Marianne Helms, 1973) – Critical report (1974), S. 11

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000158

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000158

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2023-09-12 : 11:26:52